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Amy Lee
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American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1981)
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Amy Lee is an American singer, singer-songwriter, pianist, and musician. Born Amy Lynn Lee in Riverside, California, in 1981, she is a mezzo-soprano who speaks English. Her work spans rock music, alternative metal, gothic rock, and nu metal. She plays the piano, voice, keyboard instrument, and harp, and is a member of the band Evanescence. Her professional career began in 1994.
Lee has been associated with record labels including Wind-up Records and BMG Rights Management. She is educated at Middle Tennessee State University and identifies with Christianity. In addition to her musical roles, she has worked in the acting department. Her music is also categorized under tags such as rock, female vocalists, Gothic, and alternative.
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Film & TV
Riverside, California, USA
Amy Lynn Hartzler (known professionally as Amy Lee) is the lead singer of the band Evanescence. She was born on December 13, 1981 to John Lee, a disc jockey and TV personality, and Sara Cargill. They moved from California to Florida to Illinois, and then finally to Arkansas. She is a classically trained pianist. She spent 9 years studying classical piano in her youth. Amy met young guitarist Ben…
Known for
- Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar — Fan (voice)2023
- Evanescence: Rock Am Ring 2023 — Self - Lead Vocals / Piano2023
- Evanescence - Live At Nova Rock Festival 2022 — Self2022
- Evanescence - Driven To Perform Livestream — Herself2021
- Evanescence: Embracing the Bitter Truth — Self2021
- Evanescence - A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio — Herself2020
- Wagakki Band Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 - Live & Orchestra - in Osaka-jo Hall — Self - Vocals2020
- Evanescence: Synthesis Live — Self - Lead Vocals / Piano2018
- Evanescence: Nissan Live Sets2016
- Evanescence - Live at The Paramount 2016 — Lead Singer2016
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
Member of
- Evanescencesince 1995
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 236,126
- Total plays
- 2,494,729
Tags
Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She plays a key role in the rock band Evanescence as the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist. In addition to her work with the band, Lee has been involved in various musical projects. She has contributed to albums like Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album. Lee has also composed soundtracks for films like War Story (2014) and Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015) alongside cellist Da
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lynn
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Riverside
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- symphonic metal
- Instrument
- harp
- Record label
- BMG Rights Management
- Official website
- amyleeofficial.com
- Image
- Lee, Amy (2007).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Amy Lee
- date of birth
- 1981-12-13
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- Category:Amy Lee
- member of
- Evanescence
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- birth name
- Amy Lynn Lee
- name in native language
- Amy Lee
- social media followers
- 457000
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Encyclopedic overview
Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of rock band Evanescence. A classically trained pianist, Lee began writing music at age 11 and co-founded Evanescence at 13, inspired by various musical genres and film scores from an early age. Lee has participated in other musical projects, including Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album, and composed music for several films, including War Story (2014), Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015), and the song "Speak to Me" for Voice from the Stone (2017). She has also released the covers EP Recover, Vol. 1 (2016), the soundtrack album to War Story, the children's album Dream Too Much (2016), and collaborated with various artists including Korn, Seether, Bring Me the Horizon, Lindsey Stirling, Body Count, Wagakki Band, Halsey, Poppy, and Courtney LaPlante.
Alongside her awards and nominations with Evanescence, Lee's other accolades include the Songwriter Icon Award from the National Music Publishers Association (2008), Best Vocalist at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards (2012), Rock Goddess of the Year at Loudwire Music Awards (2012), Best Film Score by the Moondance International Film Festival for Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015), and the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in Independent Film for "Speak to Me" (2017). In 2012, VH1 named Lee one of the top 100 greatest women in music. Lee is the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness foundation Out of the Shadows, and in 2012 was honored with United Cerebral Palsy's Luella Bennack Award for her work.
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